Disclaimer: Samurai 7 and all its wonderful characters belong to the great Akira Kurosawa and of late his estate. I only play in his playground and not for profit.
Thanks go to cesmith, for I borrowed the line "Politenes costs nothing but gains everything" from her.
A Song of Heihachi by Zan
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Thock!
This is now all I can do
Thock!
This is my penance
Thock!
This is for my sins
And all the wood I can find
Cannot give me peace of mind
…
The shame
I hide in my heart
The pain
That lies beneath
A flame
It flickers and its embers never die out
Look closely, you may see it in my eyes
If you can see past my smiles
…
The dirt and grease
It hides me
The dirt and grease
Masks my own precious trust
The dirt and grease
For betrayal and blood, lest I forget
It makes me a harsh judge
For it is I; myself I grudge
…
Heh!
Yes, I was in the war
Hyaa!
I guess I survived
Huff!
But no blood this blade has shed
Yet you ask me to wield my weapon
I will go then, for a chance at redemption
…
They smile
For they know politeness earns everything
They smile
For it hides their fear
They smile
And there is no warmth in their welcome
And there is no trust in their open hand
So divided; they cannot make a stand
…
Seven
We are warriors
Seven
We are different
Seven
We are here
But only one seems to see that a break in trust
To be cut away it must
…
Work
The song of pulleys call me
Work
The grind of gears lull me
Work
To push my guilt, their guilt – aside
And best of all is a gift of steel
With no wiles to hide behind what is real
…
Thunder!
And the bandits come
Thunder!
It is only bloodrush, loud in my ears.
Thunder!
Too late - the danger and the bright orange light
I am thankful for being bundled up
Or my end would have been quite abrupt!
…
Rain,
The first volley leads into the next
Rain
Into the next and the next
Rain
To hide the mourning tears
A friend has fallen, two have gone and three with me remain to the end task
In the shadow of mist a curtain of uncertainty hangs heavy in the twilight of dusk
…
Calm
Is the tranquil water
Calm
Is the desert sand
Calm
For now our task is long from done
The quest to fight evil machinations
Of one man's desires and wicked manipulations
…
A plan
Now that we are five
A plan?
We have none
I plan
To leave the land still able to grow rice
In a war, the winners are those left alive
So that tomorrow will survive
…
Souvenirs
From a kindred spirit
Souvenirs
From an unexpected quarter
Souvenirs
From a barren land
War has begun, and soon another falls
Sorrow must wait, for still my mission calls
…
The guns
And arrows fly
The guns
They spit and eat into my body
The guns
Will not stop me until my debt is paid in full
A button separates and surrounds me in a grove of gears; as with dying breath I shout and close my eyes
Content to end in land which may one day feed my soul with rice
…
Owari